Movers & Shakers: Productivity Commission appointment, department promotions, ARC’s new faces Movers & Shakers The latest senior public sector appointments from across the country Senior Executive Service Sam Reinhardt Band 3 Sam Reinhardt has become
Productivity Commission: Australia’s supply chains ‘generally resilient’ in response to COVID-19 August 16, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Most of Australia’s essential supply chains have proven resilient despite the disruption caused by COVID-19 and unexpected trade restrictions, the Productivity Commission has found. In
Premium Columnists Ensuring the public service is completely compliant risks the quality of independent work August 3, 2021 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks It’s broadly accepted that the quality of public debate has an impact on the quality of government, but if anyone was wondering, public policy expert
Key Closing the Gap targets not on track, Productivity Commission finds July 29, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Incarceration rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults have risen, while the rates of Indigenous youth in detention have dropped, new data from the
Productivity Commission launches dashboard for measuring Closing the Gap targets June 24, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Productivity Commission has launched a tool that will continuously measure Australian governments’ progress toward addressing inequality experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Productivity Commission chair urges government to avoid dismantling good policy architecture June 9, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry Productivity Commission chair Michael Brennan has raised concerns over what he believes to be ‘dark clouds’ in the public debate, urging policymakers not to forget
Inquiry asks for National Suicide Prevention Adviser’s final report to avoid ‘duplication’ of research efforts April 16, 2021 By Melissa Coade Federal The select committee for mental health and suicide prevention has used its interim report to call on government to provide it with the National Suicide
Productivity Commission: rise of the service sector poses policy challenges April 15, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Economy & Industry The continuous growth of Australia’s service sector presents a number of challenges for policymakers, according to the Productivity Commission’s new report on services sector productivity.
Productivity Commission puts forward ‘breathtakingly simple’ preventive health innovations March 24, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal There are a number of innovations that policymakers can implement to support the wellbeing of people living with chronic health conditions, improve the healthcare system,
Governments must modernise and bolster 17-year-old national water policy, PC finds February 11, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Energy & Environment Australia’s national water reform framework must be modernised to recognise the importance of water in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as
National skills agreement to be overhauled following Productivity Commission review January 21, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Education A new national skills agreement is needed to better hold governments to account while ensuring Australia’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) system can deliver a
Shared decision-making crucial to improving outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Productivity Commission finds December 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social A new report from the Productivity Commission has highlighted the need for a ‘bottom-up’ approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander involvement in decision-making and
Australian mental health system not ‘person-centred’, Productivity Commission finds November 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Governments must address key gaps and barriers that lead to poor public outcomes in order to fix Australia’s failing mental health system, according to a
Productivity Commission puts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at the centre of policy evaluation with new strategy November 3, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The Productivity Commission has called for the creation of an Office of Indigenous Policy Evaluation to help build evaluation and cultural capability across the Australian
